The Lexus LC The grand tourer has been canceled in the US market, but there is currently no word on its future in Australia.
“We are unable to comment on media speculation,” a Lexus Australia spokesperson said when asked about the discontinuation of the LC in the Japanese luxury brand’s largest market worldwide.
A leaked dealer bulletin in the US revealed the discontinuation of the LC and read: “Lexus announces that the 2026 model year will be the final production year for the LC500 and LC500 Convertible.”
“We expect to continue production until the end of August 2026,” it said.
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“The Lexus LC500 will be officially discontinued after the 2026 model year. Lexus continually evaluates its model mix and strategy to optimize lineup options to meet the needs of our guests and align with consumer demand,” a Lexus spokesperson subsequently told the US publication Road and rail.
The LC500h coupe with a hybrid V6 drive had already been phased out in the USA, leaving only the LC500 coupe and convertible with a naturally aspirated V8 engine.
The discontinuation of the LS sedan was also officially announced in the USA in September 2025, without any local confirmation of its end.
Both models are no longer offered in the UK and South Africa, two other right-hand drive markets, but they live on in Japan and New Zealand for the time being.
However, given the importance of the US market and the fact that both have been in production since 2017 and are therefore at the end of their life cycle, the LS and LC are unlikely to stick around for much longer.
Japanese media have previously reported that production of the LC will end in 2026, while Lexus unveiled a special Pinnacle edition last year – not long after the series of V8-powered IS500 sedans concluded with a special Climax edition.
Following the discontinuation of the IS500, the LC is now the last production vehicle with the 2UR-GSE 5.0-liter V8.
There’s no word that Lexus did the same thing it did with the rest of the IS range – gave it a modest facelift to squeeze a few more years out of it – and Lexus notably never gave the spirited LC a facelift, which closely resembles the 2012 LF-LC concept in which it was introduced.
Lexus Australia delivered 54 LCs last year, surpassing even the LS (13) and the RZ midsize electric SUV (41).
Should the LS and LC be phased out in Australia, Lexus will be left with just one passenger model – the ES sedan – as the IS sedan was discontinued here in 2021 along with the RC coupe, which has since ceased production.
Late last year, Lexus introduced a new halo model: an electric supercar without the iconic LFA nameplate. However, previous reports in Japanese media suggested that there will be another coupe alongside the production LFA, replacing both the RC and LC.
Lexus has changed strategy before with its flagship grand tourer offering. His first was the SC300/SC400 – a rebadged Toyota Soarer that was never sold here – which was more affordable than the LS and had the same components as the Toyota Supra.
It was produced from 1991 to 2000 and was replaced by the SC430, an even more comfort-oriented model that was offered exclusively as a folding hardtop convertible. This stopped production in 2010, leaving a gap of seven years before the LC went into production.
The no longer ultra One of Lexus’ best vehicles was the LFA, a V10-powered supercar produced between 2010 and 2012.
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